Dec 5, 2013 23:31
10 yrs ago
Portuguese term
France
Por/Sp/Cat/Fr->En, IoLDipTrans, MACantab
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, English, and 2 more.
amor às linhas encaracoladas
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Essay on artist
Hi everyone! I'm translating an essay about artist Carolina Ponte. I can't seem to find a reference to Julian Bell - does anyone know what the quote was? Thanks for your help!
O fio, a filigrana nos parece, aqui, parte deste jorro. Na tentativa de ofertar ouro aos deuses, chegamos à pletora dos altares barrocos, mas, também, a uma simples folha de ouro colocada no chão da galeria, fazendo do gesto contemporâneo de Roni Horn um influxo a estes pensamentos. Se tratarmos de arabescos, os desenhos de Carolina Ponte se relacionam diretamente à caligrafia. Sim, mais do que o gesto de criar imagens compositivas, a repetição, o uso de linhas labirínticas, a pletora das cores criam escritos, escrituras. Aqui, Carolina exerce o papel de artista-iluminador, aquele que se utilizou da possibilidade de ornar as páginas, construindo escrituras sagradas. Agora, editam-se híbridos exercícios sem destinação. Ainda assim, os desenhos de Carolina Ponte guardam o “amor às linhas encaracoladas”, modo como Julian Bell se refere à atividade dos iluminadores nos mosteiros. Tais desenhos podiam se estender como ofício de mais de uma década, desenhos sem textos, ofício e adoração.
O fio, a filigrana nos parece, aqui, parte deste jorro. Na tentativa de ofertar ouro aos deuses, chegamos à pletora dos altares barrocos, mas, também, a uma simples folha de ouro colocada no chão da galeria, fazendo do gesto contemporâneo de Roni Horn um influxo a estes pensamentos. Se tratarmos de arabescos, os desenhos de Carolina Ponte se relacionam diretamente à caligrafia. Sim, mais do que o gesto de criar imagens compositivas, a repetição, o uso de linhas labirínticas, a pletora das cores criam escritos, escrituras. Aqui, Carolina exerce o papel de artista-iluminador, aquele que se utilizou da possibilidade de ornar as páginas, construindo escrituras sagradas. Agora, editam-se híbridos exercícios sem destinação. Ainda assim, os desenhos de Carolina Ponte guardam o “amor às linhas encaracoladas”, modo como Julian Bell se refere à atividade dos iluminadores nos mosteiros. Tais desenhos podiam se estender como ofício de mais de uma década, desenhos sem textos, ofício e adoração.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | love of sinuous/curlicue lines |
Muriel Vasconcellos
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| 4 +1 | the love of intricate lines |
Pablo Julián Davis
|
| 4 | love of curly lines |
Marlene Curtis
|
Proposed translations
+1
5 hrs
Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
:
40
Selected
love of sinuous/curlicue lines
These options give you an idea. The most e
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Note added at 5 hrs (2013-12-06 04:59:30 GMT)
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The gremlins posted my answer before I could finish.
Another option would be 'tightly curled'. "Encaracoladas" refers to the coil of a snail.
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Note added at 5 hrs (2013-12-06 04:59:30 GMT)
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The gremlins posted my answer before I could finish.
Another option would be 'tightly curled'. "Encaracoladas" refers to the coil of a snail.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks!"
+1
4 hrs
Pablo Julián Davis
Native in English
La palabra justa/The right word
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
the love of intricate lines
For want of Bell's original phrasing, here is my attempt to imagine what he might have written. Thoughts... words, actually... that passed through my noggin on the way to this line: intricate, delicate, filigreed, intertwined, interlaced, interwoven, braided, tendriled, curling... and back to intricate. (Now I just saw 'labirínticas' and think that 'labyrinthine' would also be nice. But I think 'intricate' isn't half bad, and am putting it out there.)
"I have a passion for medieval buildings, particularly Romanesque monastic ... of a Gothic cathedral or the intricate lines of an Irish manuscript page were truly ..." wheatoncollege.edu/faculty/profiles/evelyn-ruth-staudinger/
"Getty Museum's Medieval Manuscripts Exhibition... On first viewing a sample of the Getty's medieval manuscripts in 1997, I wrote, 'Letting your eye course around the intricate lines and details, ..." online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB123249604634000237
By the way, here is a gorgeous fragment of English prose I just happened upon, while thinking about this question. I don't think the highlighted terms would work particularly well for the translation Lindsay is asking about, but together they are quite beautiful: "If anyone marked the strange apparition of a pair of medieval monks flapping towards ..... surfaces were not chased with a lacy arabesque of filigreed lines; wave-tumbled rocks ...... He moved to the end of the table covered by his manuscripts..." libes.ru/322790.html
"I have a passion for medieval buildings, particularly Romanesque monastic ... of a Gothic cathedral or the intricate lines of an Irish manuscript page were truly ..." wheatoncollege.edu/faculty/profiles/evelyn-ruth-staudinger/
"Getty Museum's Medieval Manuscripts Exhibition... On first viewing a sample of the Getty's medieval manuscripts in 1997, I wrote, 'Letting your eye course around the intricate lines and details, ..." online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB123249604634000237
By the way, here is a gorgeous fragment of English prose I just happened upon, while thinking about this question. I don't think the highlighted terms would work particularly well for the translation Lindsay is asking about, but together they are quite beautiful: "If anyone marked the strange apparition of a pair of medieval monks flapping towards ..... surfaces were not chased with a lacy arabesque of filigreed lines; wave-tumbled rocks ...... He moved to the end of the table covered by his manuscripts..." libes.ru/322790.html
13 hrs
Marlene Curtis
United States
United States
Native in Portuguese
&
English
United States
Marlene Curtis
Native in: Portuguese , English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
:
135
love of curly lines
curly = encaracolada
Reference comments
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Reference:
Mirror of the World: A New History of Art
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